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z3c wont install apps

Well this is smth new. I have just bought my new z3c and its working all fine. Im installing apps no prblm, until suddenly the phone won't install anymore! The page to install the app comes up and the cancel button works but the install button doesnt click!!
I can only think to blame AVg bcuz I had activated it just before this prblm happened. And there is no.deactivate option on AVG.
UPDATE: restarted phone and killed AVg; prblm still exists

Anyone?
Please?

Reset the phone while saving your data

Does it happen on Wi-Fi, mobile data, or both?

2mal16 said:
Reset the phone while saving your data
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Yes, the only solution I came to was to reset the phone. Not the best option since I had to do everything I had before again. Anyways, it's okay now.

degraaff said:
Does it happen on Wi-Fi, mobile data, or both?
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I don't think that would be relevant to the problem. The problem is in parsing the apk.

goldendye said:
I don't think that would be relevant to the problem. The problem is in parsing the apk.
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I once found that if I limit background data on an app called "Media" (in settings, data usage), I could not download any apps over mobile data from Google Play as long as the background data of that app was limited. It may not have been the case for the OP but who knows?

The problem is back again!
The problem is back again!!
And Sony doesn't even have online support and it's page doesn't even address the problem.

goldendye said:
The problem is back again!!
And Sony doesn't even have online support and it's page doesn't even address the problem.
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i have this problem with z3 dual. have you been found soloution yet!?!
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Do any of you have some screen app installed/active? Like screen dimmer?
If you do, just disable it and you will be able to press Install again

lakicamm said:
Do any of you have some screen app installed/active? Like screen dimmer?
If you do, just disable it and you will be able to press Install again
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you are right. i found soloution yesterday. i did unistall screen rotate.
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bradgh said:
i have this problem with z3 dual. have you been found soloution yet!?!
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Nope. The only solution I found was to be patient and wait. After a couple of hours, or a day or two I try pressing the Install button once again and it works. I just let it off my mind for some time until the night, or the next (couple of) day(s). Interestingly, this isn't a problem if I'm installing directly from Google Play which installs the app itself. That's why I think it could be a security module or something.
lakicamm said:
Do any of you have some screen app installed/active? Like screen dimmer?
If you do, just disable it and you will be able to press Install again
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I have screen filter, but I reckon this problem existed from before installing screen filter. Plus, I reset my phone once which also means deleting Screen Filter, but the problem still exists.

goldendye said:
... That's why I think it could be a security module or something.
I have screen filter, but I reckon this problem existed from before installing screen filter. Plus, I reset my phone once which also means deleting Screen Filter, but the problem still exists.
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Some apps interferes with the installation process, like LUX, or some screen filtering app.
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Uninstall updates to google playstore app. The reason it worked when you reset your phone was it reset all apps back to their factory settings. Then apps would install until google play updated itself again. So try just uninstalling updates to google play, worked for me. Good luck!

Can't download or update Amazon Alexa

I keep getting 505 error. Went through all of the Google play troubleshooting. I did a factory reset and managed to download the app. Set my phone back up again. But now I got the 505 error when trying to install an update to the amazon Alexa app. Deleted the app to try a fresh install and now can't get the app at all, just like before the factory reset. I shouldn't have to factory reset a brand new handset!
Anyone got any suggestions before I talk to Amazon? I know they're probably going to suggest the same trouble shooting as Google did, but I don't want to factory reset my phone again.
This is with a dual sim p20 pro bought in the UK from 3.

Lasuil said:
I keep getting 505 error. Went through all of the Google play troubleshooting. I did a factory reset and managed to download the app. Set my phone back up again. But now I got the 505 error when trying to install an update to the amazon Alexa app. Deleted the app to try a fresh install and now can't get the app at all, just like before the factory reset. I shouldn't have to factory reset a brand new handset!
Anyone got any suggestions before I talk to Amazon? I know they're probably going to suggest the same trouble shooting as Google did, but I don't want to factory reset my phone again.
This is with a dual sim p20 pro bought in the UK from 3.
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I am currently talking to huawei as seems common. Will update you as soon as they give me any info

Lucas1980 said:
I am currently talking to huawei as seems common. Will update you as soon as they give me any info
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Thanks dude, definitely let me know how you get on. Another dude I know who got the p20 pro from 3 was able to download the app without any issue although I don't know about updating it. I really don't wanna try trouble shooting with Amazon and they're liable to be useless.

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I am currently talking to huawei as seems common. Will update you as soon as they give me any info
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[UK unbranded sim free P20 Pro] So far identical issue with Amazon Kindle, Music & Prime Video apps. Made the mistake of uninstalling Kindle app while trying to resolve the issue! Although Amazon app updates are failing to be applied, Amazon apps copied from other phone under Google account during installation continue to function as long as you don't uninstall them!

Having the same problem myself driving me mad Any solutions yet?

hi, you can uninstall all of the pre-installed Amazon apps,such as Amazon shopping,Amazon kindle...and then reinstall the apps in Google play store,does it work?

Uninstalling the stock installed android apps (shopping was the only one I had left) and reinstalling from the play store fixed this for me.

Yes removing all the amazon apps and re-installing worked Thanks

[Huawei P20 Pro CLT-L09 8.1.0.110 (C782)]
Confirm uninstalling ALL Amazon apps prior to individual reinstalls resolves issue. However, Prime Video install did appear to hang but showed as installed after system restart. I suspect that the apps I thought were installed by Google from my account were actually the apps pre-installed by Huawei. Not clear why all had to be removed before reinstalling though.

I am having the same issue and I am unable to uninstall them either as they are showing as system apps, how have you folks been able to uninstall and reinstall?

I can't install any Amazon apps. All give a 505 error except Amazon shopping which says my device isn't compatible. Amazon are looking into it and are awaiting a response from their developers.

Remove old amazon apps
Hi All, solution is removing one by one apps from amazon and trying installing one you want, this solution works 110%, as I tried on few phones, not just p20 pro and workes always.

Amazons Echo Dot and non-connection to Huawei p20 pro
cant get p20 pro to connect to Echo Dot, any ideas?? as cant get dot connected to wifi apart from via Amazons Alexa phone app, it just wont connect. Have tried the dot with another phone (iphone8+) and works no issues but cant get it to connect with p20 pro, HELP !!!!!

The weird thing in my phone is that most of the times that I open amazon app (the normal one) I get a msg through amazon that I have to update the app. When I click update now I then get another one that the phone is not supported. Weird stuff..
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Google play store

Is there any issue with it. I'm using stock note 8 and when I try download or update an app it takes long time. Any ideas. Thanks for your help

Can anyone help

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Your issues with Play store, reminds me of 2 x similar incidents, i had with my old Note devices.
Think it was Note 3 and my Note 4. Not sure.
Unfortunately It was a few years back!
eg.
When i tried to download, an apps update etc and
app size was eg 2mb or 5 mb.. etc I struggled to download.Very frustrating!
Eventually after a week or 2, maybe 3.
i was able to pinpoint
the the "suspect"
(Unfortunately i cannot remember clearly ,
but it was either, that i had sideloaded
wrong updated version of Play services apk
(Cleaning Play services cache did not help.)
or it was an Xposed /Xposed model.
(So phone was also rooted)
Anyway ,
i then decided to factory reset and Playstore
was working fine again.
Bottom line is
you can either look for the "suspect"?
causing this.
( I know there was a few threads about similar issues with Playstore, on XDA... way back then ! )
or save yourself from the frustration it's causing?
and try a "clean" Factory reset.!
Good luck

Have you tried cleaing the cache data in the internal storage? That usually helps with this sorta issue.

Tried that not working in either what you said

Mohanned85 said:
Is there any issue with it. I'm using stock note 8 and when I try download or update an app it takes long time. Any ideas. Thanks for your help
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Is it on wifi or data?
Reset router modem.
Do other apps lag like YouTube or Netflix.
Download speed bad in your area.
Uninstall GP updates and try to reinstall them or apk from web.
Is updating apps through wifi only ?
Clear out all pending updates and restart device.
Do you have another device or friends to see if it's the same problem on theirs too for your region.
Try a different proxy.
Just throwing some ideas around!!

Go into your Google settings and see if you have it to update using wifi only I personally always turn auto updates off.. I had this problem with my Note 8 when I 1st got it. How I fixed it was I went into settings and went to apps and cleared the cache and data on Google play services and playstore and foreclosed them and then went to accounts and removed my Google account and restarted my phone.. when my phone rebooted I went to the playstore and had to login fresh again and that fixed the problem.

I fixed it by factory resetting phone. Thankfully I backed it all up

Youtube Vanced crashing on background playback

Hi everyone,
For several months I have a problem with my phone that didn't exist when I first got it.
When I play a video in the YouTube Vanced app or if I play it in picture in picture mode, everything works flawlessly. However when I lock my screen and "listen" to the video, the app crashes after a few minutes. It's really annoying and I cannot trace back what changed to guess what the cause might be. I don't have a lot of apps installed and didn't mess around with my phone in any other way.
Does anyone have a suggestion for me?
Thanks =)

OdlG26 said:
Hi everyone,
For several months I have a problem with my phone that didn't exist when I first got it.
When I play a video in the YouTube Vanced app or if I play it in picture in picture mode, everything works flawlessly. However when I lock my screen and "listen" to the video, the app crashes after a few minutes. It's really annoying and I cannot trace back what changed to guess what the cause might be. I don't have a lot of apps installed and didn't mess around with my phone in any other way.
Does anyone have a suggestion for me?
Thanks =)
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Hi m8,
In order to get ALL time YouTube Vanced working in background, do this steps:
1. Go to Settings/Battery/App launch and give permission to run in background - set to Managed manually with Auto-launch, Secondary launch and Run in background;
2. Go to Settings/Apps/Apps/3 dots upper right corner select Special Acces/Ignore battery optimisation/select All apps/YouTube Vanced set it to NOT Allow and hit OK.
If you still encounter problems, try by removing "PowerGenie" in ADB, with following command pm uninstall --user 0 com.huawei.powergenie
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Thank you for your quick help <3
I followed the instructions and will report back asap

Thank you for your quick help <3
I followed the instructions and will report back asap

OdlG26 said:
Thank you for your quick help <3
I followed the instructions and will report back asap
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OK, let me know if it worked ?. That's how it's set up on my device.
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It did not crash after about 25 min so it seems to work. Thank you so much!

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It did not crash after about 25 min so it seems to work. Thank you so much!
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Glad i could help you, m8 ?. Don't hesitate to ask for help if you need some in time.
Stay safe ?, be healthy?
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Hey there, I've got an update. When I'm using my phone and YouTube Vanced is running in the background (not picture in picture), the app doesn't seem to crash. However when I lock my screen, the app crashes again. Although I have the impression that I now get a few more minutes when locking my screen. I will try the adb command next.

Hi, I think I've found the solution, it was kind of inspired by the first solution.
Go to Settings > Apps > Apps > Vanced MicroG > Power usage details > App launch > Disable Manage Automatically (Leave the other 3 settings untouched) > Press Ok and Enjoy!
I am using the latest version of Youtube Vanced on my P40 Pro and have no issues so far. If I had to guess, it could be the power optimization by the Huawei OS that shuts down MicroG services in order to save on power, and that prevents Youtube Vanced from running. My Youtube Vanced settings are on its automatic default power settings btw, so the only power settings that needs to be changed is relating to the MicroG services.
Hope this helps!

dont forget the MICROG, put it also in permission to run in the background all the time

Thanks, I had the same problem. Cheers for helping me out fixing it.

Hi there, stumbled across this thread while finding a solution to my problem. It's not exactly the same, but it's along the same lines. The Vanced MicroG app keeps crashing all the time, even though Youtube Vanced is working perfectly fine. Tried different versions of both apps but the problem persists. Andriod version is older, Android 6 to be exact, as it is a carrier-locked device, so can't update it. LEt me know if you have any solution. Thank you in advance.

GMS (Google Mobile Services) on P40 Pro 10.1.0.154

Hello guys!
After I updated my P40 Pro to 10.1.0.154, Google Mobile Services not working, so I had to reset my phone.
No more GMS.
I only need Android Auto.
Any new solution to install GMS or a modified Android Auto?

Which method did you use to update? Which method had you followed for gms and when?
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thanito said:
Which method did you use to update? Which method had you followed for gms and when?
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I installed the LZ Play method in the first week when phone was launchded.Updated without issues untill 154.A couple of days after updating to 154.. Hell started.
First, Youtube Vanced stopped working, than a lot of errors on Play Store.
I had to reset phone.
I only need Android Auto. I do not care about the other Google Apps.

https://youtu.be/PLzeYQ9YHVI
Try this guide to sideload gms again...
If the Gapp fail to load then have to downgrade your fw to make it work....

shazarul said:
Try this guide to sideload gms again...
If the Gapp fail to load then have to downgrade your fw to make it work....
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Tried, not working without downgrade. Thx

matei_cons said:
Tried, not working without downgrade. Thx
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hi, first You have to downgrade to 131. After that You can update but .... sometimes ( once a day) You have to uninstall Google Services ( clear data ect. ) and install again, same with Google framework ( clear data, stop service, uninstall and install) sometimes You have to do it only one time, sometimes few times. However when google Play magicly discover that You have old google services Play stops working, but everything else work ( gmail, calender, youtube, android auto, ect.) And this is my question, yestarday I've discovered that when I install new google services everything is working but I get info about not certifie phone ( this device is not google certify ). Has anyone discovered method how to avoid this ?

fifiol said:
hi, first You have to downgrade to 131. After that You can update but .... sometimes ( once a day) You have to uninstall Google Services ( clear data ect. ) and install again, same with Google framework ( clear data, stop service, uninstall and install) sometimes You have to do it only one time, sometimes few times. However when google Play magicly discover that You have old google services Play stops working, but everything else work ( gmail, calender, youtube, android auto, ect.) And this is my question, yestarday I've discovered that when I install new google services everything is working but I get info about not certifie phone ( this device is not google certify ). Has anyone discovered method how to avoid this ?
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The only workaround I found is to freeze gsf and only unfreeze when I want to update all apps in play store. When frozen, everything works properly except playstore, yet no any errors and push notifications work fine.
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thanito said:
The only workaround I found is to freeze gsf and only unfreeze when I want to update all apps in play store. When frozen, everything works properly except playstore, yet no any errors and push notifications work fine.
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How do you freeze/unfreeze gsf? Which app are you using?
Thanks!

johan314 said:
How do you freeze/unfreeze gsf? Which app are you using?
Thanks!
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Unfortunately freezing has to be done via pc. Unfreezing can be done from the phone. But I do it once a week at the office so no prob.
I am using multitool 8 software to do that. If you need instructions let me know.
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thanito said:
Unfortunately freezing has to be done via pc. Unfreezing can be done from the phone. But I do it once a week at the office so no prob.
I am using multitool 8 software to do that. If you need instructions let me know.
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Yes, please. You can PM me if there is a link with instructions on how to do it.
I have no problem freezing/unfreezing from pc every week to check for updates. Push notifications are more important.
Thanks a lot!

johan314 said:
Yes, please. You can PM me if there is a link with instructions on how to do it.
I have no problem freezing/unfreezing from pc every week to check for updates. Push notifications are more important.
Thanks a lot!
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-You can download the tool here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-8/development/tool-huawei-multi-tool-team-mt-t3523923
Sorry I do not have the app on front of me so the description will be vague..
-After you install it you connect the phone to the pc
-you might be prompted that the phone is not compatible with the tool, however when you connect it in 'transfer files' mode the tool will recognize the device
-after you see the device data in home screen you go to modifications tab
-in the middle of the screen it says show system processes, you find android gsf on the list and just click disable
-that's it!
The enabling part can be done directly from your device settings.
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thanito said:
-You can download the tool here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-8/development/tool-huawei-multi-tool-team-mt-t3523923
Sorry I do not have the app on front of me so the description will be vague..
-After you install it you connect the phone to the pc
-you might be prompted that the phone is not compatible with the tool, however when you connect it in 'transfer files' mode the tool will recognize the device
-after you see the device data in home screen you go to modifications tab
-in the middle of the screen it says show system processes, you find android gsf on the list and just click disable
-that's it!
The enabling part can be done directly from your device settings.
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Thanks a lot buddy! Now whatsapp notifications are working, but not Gmail. Does Gmail or Youtube notifications work for you? Or do I have to use another email app for gmail?
Sorry for all these questions, have had my p40 pro over 2 months now, I really want to start using it....:fingers-crossed:
All the best!

johan314 said:
Thanks a lot buddy! Now whatsapp notifications are working, but not Gmail. Does Gmail or Youtube notifications work for you? Or do I have to use another email app for gmail?
Sorry for all these questions, have had my p40 pro over 2 months now, I really want to start using it....:fingers-crossed:
All the best!
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Youtube notifications work, dunno though if there is any delay on them, I am only receiving notifications from my subscribed channels..
Gmail notifications are the only ones not working properly, meaning there is a big delay on the notification.. I would put my Gmail in the email app of the phone, or even outlook (outlook works for sure coz I am receiving maybe 1000emails per day at work hahah)
That aside, all other Google notifications work, I am being notified for weather, news, etc..
The only thing I cannot make work is the usual Google cards feed which I was used to in my previous phone (by swiping to the left home screen)
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thanito said:
Youtube notifications work, dunno though if there is any delay on them, I am only receiving notifications from my subscribed channels..
Gmail notifications are the only ones not working properly, meaning there is a big delay on the notification.. I would put my Gmail in the email app of the phone, or even outlook (outlook works for sure coz I am receiving maybe 1000emails per day at work hahah)
That aside, all other Google notifications work, I am being notified for weather, news, etc..
The only thing I cannot make work is the usual Google cards feed which I was used to in my previous phone (by swiping to the left home screen)
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I see. OK, then I know.
Thanks a lot my friend. I will start moving the apps to p40 now and see if they will work.
Taka care!

johan314 said:
I see. OK, then I know.
Thanks a lot my friend. I will start moving the apps to p40 now and see if they will work.
Taka care!
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FYI, I even restored my backup from my p20 pro to my p40 pro (except phone settings) and not problems whatsoever, so if your previous phone was a huawei you might give it a shot [emoji39]
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thanito said:
Unfortunately freezing has to be done via pc. Unfreezing can be done from the phone. But I do it once a week at the office so no prob.
I am using multitool 8 software to do that. If you need instructions let me know.
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May i suggest to try out IceBox, (with shizuku to replace root) for this purpose. I don't have the phone myself, but reading this it seems perfect for exactly this.
Shizuku can allow apps like IceBox and AppOps to function without the need of root or manual adb actions, and IceBox allows you to automatically freeze apps after usage again and launch them from the homescreen icon directly, automatically unfreezing it and freezing it again after you stop using it.

Aerox912 said:
May i suggest to try out IceBox, (with shizuku to replace root) for this purpose. I don't have the phone myself, but reading this it seems perfect for exactly this.
Shizuku can allow apps like IceBox and AppOps to function without the need of root or manual adb actions, and IceBox allows you to automatically freeze apps after usage again and launch them from the homescreen icon directly, automatically unfreezing it and freezing it again after you stop using it.
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Icebox requires clean installation I think (in order to enable God mode or something?), tried to do this at some point but I could not reset again my phone so I use the multitool method.. [emoji23]
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thanito said:
Icebox requires clean installation I think (in order to enable God mode or something?), tried to do this at some point but I could not reset again my phone so I use the multitool method.. [emoji23]
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Nah, IceBox just needs a method to access the secure settings. This can be done with either root, Island delegated god mode or shizuku.
Root is out of the picture for huawei, island would be relatively easy to setup since huawei does not use the multi-user interface AFAIK. Minimal chance of data loss.
Shizuku just need developer options enabled and Wireless ADB enabled if you want to use it without a pc, or alternatively just over a regular usb/ADB connection. I'm using IceBox on my stock OnePlus 8 Pro with shizuku. Never lost any data and took like 30 seconds to setup, no pc involved

Aerox912 said:
Nah, IceBox just needs a method to access the secure settings. This can be done with either root, Island delegated god mode or shizuku.
Root is out of the picture for huawei, island would be relatively easy to setup since huawei does not use the multi-user interface AFAIK. Minimal chance of data loss.
Shizuku just need developer options enabled and Wireless ADB enabled if you want to use it without a pc, or alternatively just over a regular usb/ADB connection. I'm using IceBox on my stock OnePlus 8 Pro with shizuku. Never lost any data and took like 30 seconds to setup, no pc involved
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I may try Shizuku to see if it works. It will just save me from the hassle to plug my phone to my work pc every week to update it.. [emoji23] I think that after every reboot you have to do the same procedure, correct?
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thanito said:
I may try Shizuku to see if it works. It will just save me from the hassle to plug my phone to my work pc every week to update it.. [emoji23] I think that after every reboot you have to do the same procedure, correct?
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I do not want to reset, downgrade again or to donsometging every reboot.
It would be nice for a new method.